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Funding: NWA-ORC
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Currently, the collection of possible evidence is conducted at the crime scene. Specific traces, that are suspected to be crime related and to contain DNA, are sent to the laboratory for analysis. The DNA analysis often takes multiple weeks or even months. Especially when a suspect is still on the run, the safety of society could be at stake if the suspect is not identified rapidly.
Having rapid analytical trace information available at the crime scene is key to solve criminal cases more efficiently and effectively, hence the focus of this project is on “bringing the laboratory to the crime scene”. We aim to develop innovative technological tools to subsequently sample, measure and analyze traces, after which the data is processed and provided to the crime scene investigators. This enables them to make better decisions concerning the selection and interpretation of traces, which will speed up the whole criminal investigation process. To achieve this, questions such as how, when and where to measure what kind of information, and how to design the information flow within criminal investigations and the criminal justice system need to be answered.
Our overall (scientific) objective is to develop, test and validate rapid analysis technologies for crime scene investigators to detect and analyze biological traces both accurately and rapidly at a crime scene, using innovative LFA and microfluidic technologies, and to integrate these technologies in practice.
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